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Originally Posted by Midwest bro
Here we go again.
"We feel burdened" means "Titus has chosen this topic."
Why? Too many brothers and sisters have gone off the reservation, even meeting with other Christian groups.
So "the ground of oneness" needs to be emphasized once again. In other words, "Stay in prison! You are not allowed to leave!"
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Midwest bro,
We don't really know how Titus Chu will conduct this. Well, I should say I don't but maybe you do seeing how you live there. However, based on the invitation banner I don't really see how he could embrace both "
concerning the scriptural revelation of a church in a city, meeting on the ground of oneness. We feel burdened concerning this matter which is related to our vision and commitment" and these assertions from Nigel Tomes:
"….The Local Church dogma of “one city, one church” is not based on Scripture’s prescriptive teaching but on its descriptive examples. It rests on the a priori assumption that a unique biblical blueprint underlies the biblical data; all the “puzzle-pieces” are forced into “one picture.” When this axiom is dropped, different “pictures” emerge. Paul’s churches fit the city-church paradigm; other churches (e.g., Jerusalem and Rome) don’t conform to this mold. Insisting that “one city, one church” is the only biblical pattern amounts to using Paul to “trump”35 the other apostles (e.g., Peter & James). Yet the biblical canon documents the supra-local church in Jerusalem raised up by Peter and James, along with city-churches raised up by Paul. The supra-local church in Jerusalem/Judea is described in Scripture. House churches are also illustrated (e.g., Rome). Scripture testifies to each of these patterns." (JERUSALEM & ROME—CHURCHES ON THE LOCAL GROUND?
“It’s us, it’s us, O Lord, standing on the local ground” (Song) -
Nigel Tomes, April 2009)
Any two people could have three or four differing opinions between them but not usually when the one (Nigel Tomes) has been the proxy spokesman for the other (Titus Chu) on the internet for many years now.
Yet, maybe they have already worked it all out. We'll see soon.